6.9 / 10(58 votes)IMDb19641h 22mJapan

Zatoichi's Flashing Sword

座頭市あばれ凧

Synopsis

Blind masseur Zatoichi is nursed back to health by a young woman after he is shot by a gang member. Zatoichi, who had come to the village to repay a debt, now feels further indebted. He commits himself to use his amazing sword skills to help the young woman's father, whose river-crossing service is under attack by the same gang responsible for Zatoichi's wounds.

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Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Tatsuo Endō

Boss Yasugoro of Takeya

Bokuzen Hidari

Kyubei

Ryōsuke Kagawa

Boss Bunkichi

Naoko Kubo

Okuni

Mayumi Nagisa

Oshizu

Takashi Etajima

Seiroku

Ryūtarō Gomi

Jun Katsumura

Yasugoro yakuza

Ikuko Mōri

Yasugoro's sister

Yutaka Nakamura

Mekichi

Koh Sugita

Matsuji

Teruko Ōmi

Mine

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Key Information & Fast Facts

Director: Kazuo Ikehiro
Screenplay & Story: Minoru Inuzuka, Shozaburo Asai
Original Score: Sei Ikeno
Original Title: 座頭市あばれ凧
Country of Origin: Japan
Spoken Languages: Japanese
Runtime: 1h 22m
Production Studios: Daiei Film

Creative Leadership & Key Crew

Director

Kazuo Ikehiro

Screenplay & Story

Minoru Inuzuka, Shozaburo Asai, Kan Shimozawa

Original Score & Music

Sei Ikeno

Director of Photography

Yasukazu Takemura

Film Editing

Takashi Taniguchi

Producers

Masaichi Nagata

Department Leadership Roster

Kazuo Ikehiro

Director

Yasukazu Takemura

Director of Photography

Sei Ikeno

Original Music Composer

Minoru Inuzuka

Screenplay

Shozaburo Asai

Screenplay

Masaichi Nagata

Producer

Takashi Taniguchi

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